Foster

Old Danish Dictionary - foster

Meaning of Old Danish word "Foster", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Foster can mean:

  • no.
  • 1) pleje, opfost- ring; di thalde om di fruer, som døtter haffde y foster. Gvrundtv., Folkev. IV. 347a. Smlgn. isl. féstr. —
  • 2) barn; thu synderlighe æthle modher, hwos fooster om ootæn up- stodh udaff grafuen. Brandt. 165.17-20; naar hun vil gaa i kirke effter sit foster (1560). Khist. Sam]. IV. 469. — særlig ufuldbåret el. nyfødt barn; de skulle ey heller føde wiid- idige foster. Ivz. 6b.23; at fode mange foster. Stepb., Nomencl. I. 72. — en død foster, som paa kierkegaarden skall were fundet (1649). Hibertz, Aktstk. om Århus. II. 128. Fk. or kun jydskhed. Smlen. Schlyter: foster; Aasen: foster.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᛋᛏᚽᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
isl.
islandsk.
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.

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